After Inconceivable Loss
"How do we love what remains?" - Sara Nesson, in conversation - A sunset weeps, and the world is jolted once again into acknowledging the...
Barking at Fearsome Things
"It's what we don't say that weighs the most." - For Elizabeth - On the night before heading home after a long road trip in July, our dog...
The Way We See
“Photography is the art of observation. It has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.” -...
The Winds of Grace
"The winds of grace are always blowing, but it is you who must raise your sails." - Rabindranath Tagore - I feel the turbulence and...
Clarity, Compassion, and Choice
“When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.” - Ansel...
Being Deliberate
“We think of time as passing, but to inhabit time implies to know it as breath and awareness.” - Katherine Thanas* - For days it’s been...
Three Reminders of Clarity and Compassion
After a substantial expenditure of energy—during times of crisis, a creative push, a pivotal choice needing to be made, a day gone...
Stopping In Order to Continue
I have been deep into the writing of my non-fiction book, a mid-November deadline lurking at the edge of things. Time has been speaking...
Landing on Our Feet
"To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest." - Pema Chödrön Traveling for the last...
A Celebration of Calm
Today I am celebrating nine years of Calm. Over the last six months, these nine years of coaching, writing, workshops, and embodying calm...
